Snow Country

Author: (Japanese) Yasunari Kawabata
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book collects the representative works of Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata. Snow Country presents a world of melancholy and elegance to readers through the emotional entanglement between the wealthy and leisurely dance researcher Shimamura and a geisha and a pure-hearted young girl. Kokyo depicts the touching story of a pair of twin sisters who grow up in drastically different socioeconomic backgrounds. The Thousand Cranes portrays the tragic consequences when the wealthy young man Kikuji accidentally engages in a physical relationship with the former courtesan Tamakichi, the mother of the girl he truly loves, Fumiko, leading to her suicide.